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The latest Elon University Poll contains disturbing, but not surprising results. More people know the starting quarterback for the Carolina Panthers than the names of either of our U.S. senators. Get beyond the president, vice president and governor and fewer than half those surveyed knew the names…

Tom Campbell: What we don't know can hurt us/Columnists/2018/03/03/Why-don-t-we-know.html11

The deliberately outrageous idea of arming classroom teachers is nothing more than a distraction, a ploy by the gun lobby to buy time for passions to cool. Don't get sidetracked. Keep the focus where it belongs — on keeping military-style assault rifles out of civilian hands.

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Eugene Robinson: Don't be distracted by ploy to arm teachers/Columnists/2018/03/02/Don-t-let-the-absurd-ploy-to-arm-teachers-distract-you.html11

Things started off just right this past week. My wife said she saw a pair of bluebirds making a bee line for one of the bluebird boxes we have mounted on fence posts in the backyard. I was glad to hear that news, because that means spring is getting closer and closer.

The week stretched on and I…

Bill Stancil: A rugged week we wish we could change/Columnists/2018/02/28/A-rugged-week-we-wish-we-could-change.html11

When the Republican-controlled Congress first approved its tax bill in December, most Democrats believed it would be a political loser for the GOP. Indeed, a New York Times poll found that just 37 percent of Americans approved of the plan.

President Donald Trump rose to the presidency largely on his ability to read and then channel the discontent and resentment of a large number of Americans. While his critics laughed off his declaration that people could say "Merry Christmas" again, he was really making a cultural statement that…

“Prayers and condolences are no longer enough,” chanted students gathered in Raleigh to protest gun violence. Their message was clear: Our nation has seen too many incidents of school shootings and violence and too little has been done about it.